Cordeiro, João Pedro Pina2013-05-312013-05-312010-02http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/4340Comunicação apresentada nas XX Jornadas Luso Espanholas de Gestão CientíficaHuman resources management has been acknowledged as an important factor for the development of firms. This study's main goal is to analyse the relations between management of highly qualified professionals and corporate strategies. Consequently, we formulate the central problem in this study through the following research question: how do highly qualified professionals management practices link to corporate strategies in the automotive components industry? The research method used was the survey. The study covers 72 companies. Results suggest that the development management practices for highly qualified professionals present differentiations consonant business strategies at automotive parts industry companies. We conclude that the automotive parts industry companies when possessing different business strategies, also possess different forms to praise these sarne strategies, which support and are supported by some different development management practices (recritment, seleccion, training, careers, and remunerations). This study contributes to formulating highly qualified professionals management systems aligned with corporate strategies.porCorporate strategiesManagement practices for highly qualified professionalsAutomotive components industryconference object